Nundle, AU hopeful of golden result at Tidy Towns Awards (March 31, 2014) Nundle won the state title with initiatives including the conservative estimate of 23,000 volunteer hours over the past 12 months, litter-reduction initiatives, and the Go for Gold Chinese Easter Festival.

Volunteers clean up trash around Columbus (March 30, 2014) The sixth annual “KickButt Columbus” campaign dispatched 44 teams. The goal: To top the record of 4.8 tons of trash and nearly 170,000 cigarette butts collected last year and hoist the coveted, and delightfully tacky, Golden Ashtray Award.

Residents call for action over litter in South Woodford road (March 30, 2014) “The nib of the problem is that it is private property. The businesses there do tend to produce a lot of rubbish and they show little interest in reducing it. “Businesses are not interested unless they really have to.”

Littering worries Ashaiman MCE (March 29, 2014) “When you throw a piece of toffee paper on the ground in Indonesia, a young child, 5, will pick it up and give it back to you, yet in Ghana educated people litter around.” - Official

10-Cent Grocery Bag Fee Proposed in NYC (March 27, 2014) City residents use 5.2 billion disposable plastic bags a year. A vote on the measure is expected within the next few weeks. The 10-cent fee would not be a tax. Instead, the money would benefit the store owners who supplied the bags.

A tide of litter on Cramond beach (March 27, 2014) The amount of litter on Scotland's beaches reduced by 3% on the previous year with an average of 1,963 pieces collected per kilometre, less than the overall UK average of 2,309.

Smoking costs Southampton £75m a year and causes over 1,000 deaths (March 26, 2014) Includes spending £2m on picking up fag-ends and study shows that Australia's plain packaging law has pushed smoking rates up, not down.

Sierra Club updates on Boston Bottle Bill (March 26, 2014)According to environmental group, the Updated Bottle Bill is the single most effective recycling and litter-reducing tool, but it has been pending in the Legislature for over twelve years.

Drive to coordinate litter activities on roadsides, streams (March 25, 2014) Missouri’s Trash Bash activities in April also include educational efforts in schools, through community events, Earth Day celebrations, media promotions and more.

Motorists identified as worst litterbugs (March 24, 2014) Drivers dump 46 items of litter per square kilometre along highways, according to the National Packaging Covenant Industry Association (NPCIA), an industry group set up to reduce waste, with signatories including some of Australia's largest companies.

Cawdor Village litter concerns – Spring clean up planned (March 24, 2014)Problem now emerging in Cawdor is the phenomena of people bagging up their dog waste but not taking it home but hanging it on trees.

Parks Department removes trash cans (March 23, 2014) The department will remove the cans with the faith that people will pick up for themselves and take their garbage with them. "After people got to know the rules and what they expected of them, they did it," Martin said. "The reason why we're taking the cans away is so people are responsible for their own trash and take their own trash."

Flytipping costs woodland charity thousands of pounds in Gloucestershire (March 22, 2014) “Trees are facing an unprecedented level of threat from disease, pests and development and we need people to help protect them, rather than add to this threat. We cannot assume trees and woods will be around forever if we keep treating them this way.”

Angus bid to tackle really foul ‘litter’ problem (March 21, 2014) As Scotland's parliamentarians prepare to finalise the government’s new nationwide strategy to create a litter-free Scotland, local officials have put it to ministers that their new policy leaves out the single biggest litter-related issue to Angus residents — dog poo.

Private firm may police litter blitz (March 14, 2014) Under the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council plans, a private company would be drafted in putting more officers on the streets to hand out on-the-spot fines to offenders dropping litter or not clearing up after their dogs.

Council in Zimbabwe tightens screws on litter bugs (March 12, 2014) Forty residents were arrested and fined $20 each for littering during anti-littering patrols last month, but one councillor wants to see offenders being paraded in the streets to shame them.

Europe Storms Litter U.K. Beaches With Trash, Dead Animals (March 11, 2014) Conservation group reports hundreds of thousands of dead and dying seabirds being washed ashore onto the English, French and Spanish coasts. The birds have become entangled with a large amount of trash, including plastic and cigarette butts. The scene was echoed along Cornwall's popular Tregantle Beach, too, where dead birds can be seen scattered amongst the debris littering the shoreline.

Leeds litter hero’s rallying call (March 10, 2014)He thinks solution "comes from a change in culture and that has to be led by our elected councillors and Government. It’s not going to change overnight but, if we can repeat the message again and again that dropping litter is socially unacceptable, we may make a difference eventually."

Litter louts beware, we’re out to get you! (March 7, 2014) Cameras fitted to telegraph poles and increased street litter patrols in Grantham help to encourage people to bin chewing gum, cigarette butts and other litter, or face a £75 fine if they fail to do so.

Trash box in personal utility vehicles a must in Cavite (March 7, 2014) Trece Martires City -- Drivers would have to place a trash box in public utility vehicles (PUVs) while on travel in any route of the province.

11,000 bins to combat litter in Kota Tinggi (March 7, 2014) A total of 11,000 wheelie bins will be distributed to residents in conjunction with the state-level Anti-Litter programme, which was launched recently in Johor, Malaysia.

Anti-littering campaigns vital for Zimbabwe (March 6, 2014) Fast food outlets have also been blamed for being responsible for up to a quarter of all litter found on the streets and there are calls that they should play a proactive role in anti-littering message at the point of sale.

Council role in south west Queensland roadside litter project (March 4, 2014) The Queensland government, a group of councils and other organisations have formed a partnership to reduce roadside litter and revitalise frontline services. Under the agreement, roadside litter will be reduced through the South West Region Roadside Litter Hot SpotProject.

Fisherman catches monster cod and finds plastic bottle inside its belly (March 3, 2014)Conservation officer at the Sussex Wildlife Trust, said marine litter was a “huge problem” and 75% of all litter recorded in the sea was plastic.

Mountain of rubbish dumped in Bolton beauty spot (March 2, 2014) “You see the vans going round, saying ‘Love Bolton, Hate Litter’ and yet there are sites like this. It’s such a shame as it is a really lovely town but this is a health risk.”